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THOMAS GOOD MURPHY

Male Abt 1814 - 1898  (84 years)


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  • Name THOMAS GOOD MURPHY 
    Born Abt 28 Jul 1814  Wexford, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 2 Sep 1898  Brighton, Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Buried in Waite Cemetery
    Person ID I22  Patrick Goodmurphy Family Tree
    Last Modified 2 Aug 2020 

    Father JOHN GOOD MURPHY
              b. Abt 1782, Wexford, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. Between 1842 and 1848, Wellington, Hillier Twp, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 60 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother DEBORAH DAVIS
              b. 24 Feb 1783, Enniscorthy, County Wexford, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. Abt 1849, Warkworth, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 65 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Married 1802  Ossory Diocese, Church of Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F23  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family MARTHA SUSAN BULL
              b. 5 Jan 1818, Hallowell Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 17 Apr 1904, Brighton, Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years) 
    Married 5 Feb 1838  Picton, Hallowell Twp, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Richard G. MURPHY
              b. 1 Nov 1838, Hallowell Twp, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 29 Nov 1910, Brighton, Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years)  [natural]
     2. Deborah Anne MURPHY
              b. 4 Feb 1839, Hallowell Twp, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 1 Oct 1927, Colborne, Cramahe Twp, Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years)  [natural]
     3. Amos MURPHY
              b. 14 Apr 1841, Cramahe Twp, Northumberland County, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 14 Nov 1904, Brighton, Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years)  [natural]
     4. John Thomas MURPHY
              b. 12 Jul 1844, Cramahe Twp, Northumberland County, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 19 Aug 1870, Cramahe Twp, Northumberland County, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 26 years)  [natural]
     5. George Whitefield MURPHY
              b. 16 Dec 1847, Dundonald, Cramahe Twp, Northumberland County,Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 9 Jan 1910, Fenella, Alnwick-Haldimand Twp, Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years)  [natural]
     6. Adolphus Aldridge MURPHY
              b. 19 Aug 1851, Dundonald, Cramahe Twp, Northumberland County,Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 21 May 1935, Salem, Cramahe Twp, Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years)  [natural]
     7. James Lane MURPHY
              b. 2 Jun 1852, Dundonald, Cramahe Twp, Northumberland County,Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 19 Dec 1879, Dundonald, Cramahe Twp, Northumberland County,Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 27 years)  [natural]
     8. Lydia Luvilla MURPHY
              b. 31 Aug 1856, Dundonald, Cramahe Twp, Northumberland County,Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 22 Nov 1948, Dundonald, Cramahe Twp, Northumberland County,Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 92 years)  [natural]
     9. Martha C. MURPHY
              b. 13 Aug 1859, Dundonald, Cramahe Twp, Northumberland County,Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 25 Oct 1882, Brighton, Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 23 years)  [natural]
    Last Modified 2 Aug 2020 
    Family ID F18  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
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  • Notes 
    • Thomas Good Murphy is buried in the Waite Cemetery on Telephone Road, west of Brighton, Ontario.

      According to Eliza Cooper (daughter of Lawrence), her uncle Thomas was quite wealthy, and one of the sons was well educated and taught at the Wellington School (circa 1870 or thereabouts).
      I have learned that his great-grandson - Louis Carrol Murphy (1902-1971) was a Teacher. An L.C. Murphy is mentioned as a teacher at Wellington.

      Thomas was married by the Rev. J.C. Davidson at the Methodist Church in Picton, Ontario to Martha Susan Bull.
      The witnesses were Charles H. Bull & wife Lydia Saretta Converse (brother to the bride). At the time of marriage, Thomas and his bride-to-be were living in Hallowell Twp.

      It is believed that Thomas went searching for property in Northumberland County in 1839 as Martha's parents had earlier migrated there in the previous decade.
      Martha's three youngest brothers - Charles Henry, Amos Jr., and John moved to Warkworth and bought adjoining farms on or around 1839.

      The 1842 Census for Percy Twp lists a Thomas G. Murphy as residing at Lot 12 on Concession 2. The Land Records show that Thomas purchased the South part of Lot 12 on October 28, 1839 from Stephen & John Dingman, the property consisting of 100 acres. This property is near the town of Warkworth.
      Thomas is listed at this location through th 1842, 1848, 1850, and 1851 Census for Percy Twp. Thomas sold the property on October 17, 1853 to Ephriam Doolittle and he moved to Cramahe Township.

      It is interesting to note that Thomas' mother Deborah was living in Percy Twp, near Warkworth from 1842 to 1849 !!!

      Thomas purchased Lot 12 - Conc. 4 - Cramahe Twp in 1853 from the Waite Family.
      This property consisted of 200 acres. Eventually he acquired the following properties in Cramahe Twp:
      Conc. 5 - Lot 22 - 200 acres
      Conc. 2 - Lot 12 - 100 acres

      The following words are taken from a letter written by Irene Murphy, Granddaughter of Amos & Sarah Murphy - Great-Grandaughter of Thomas) in September 1873:
      " Thomas G. Murphy walked 45 miles from Prince Edward County to take up land near Warkworth. It was too far from the front, so he came down and bought land from the Waite Family (about 1853) and settled there near Brighton. That was too far back for Thomas, so he bought land and built where the "brick house" is. This house was built about 1873 or thereabouts. That was still too far from the front for him, so he bought the house in Brighton (believe that he enjoyed it very much until they got too old to look after and he went back to the country)."

      Another piece of information that was included in a letter written by Irene Murphy, is that the initial "G" in Thomas name, stood for Good. He apparently decided to revert his surname back to Murphy from Goodmurphy, but kept the "Good"' through his middle initial --- Thomas G. Murphy !!!